Full Power
Anyone who works in Antarctica knows you never bring just one of anything, whether it’s a battery or a scientific instrument. Success on the Ice...
Month : December 2022
Iced Over
The first couple of months of 2013 brought some unusual ice behavior in the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, as sea ice pushed...
W. Barclay Kamb
W. Barclay Kamb, a long time professor at the California Institute of Technology and a prominent Antarctic researcher, died at his home on April 21,...
Cyberinfrastructure
Marco Tedesco was recently appointed the Polar Cyberinfrastructure Program director at the National Science Foundation’s Division of Polar Programs. In an interview, Tedesco talks about...
Arctic Adventure
John Moriarty is one of those ordinary people who never seem to pass up an opportunity to do something extraordinary. In 1968, Moriarty’s sense of...
Bergy Bits
A NASA satellite recently spied a remnant piece of the mighty B-15 iceberg 13 years after it first calved off the Ross Ice Shelf. B-15T...
Plugged In
Antarctica is a natural laboratory that draws hundreds of scientists down to the southern hemisphere each year to conduct research. However, an experiment under way...
Movers and Shakers
Once upon a time, in the age of brick-sized mobile phones and big-hair bands, a high-precision GPS receiver was a high-priced commodity. Today, university-governed organization...
Cropping Up
Susan MacGregor doesn’t have your typical South Pole winter-over position. Her job takes her daily into an environment of bright lights, high humidity and delightful...
Energetic Excitement
News emerged this week that scientists with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory likely captured evidence of the two highest-energy neutrinos ever observed....
